Decapod crustaceans from the continental shelf of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil
Author
Mendonça, Luana M. C.
Author
Guimarães, Carmen R. P.
Author
Santos, Rafael C.
Author
Alves, Douglas F. R.
Author
Barros-Alves, Samara P.
Author
Silva, Sonja L. R.
Author
Hirose, Gustavo L.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-20
4712
3
301
344
journal article
24569
10.11646/zootaxa.4712.3.1
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1175-5326
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Petrochirus diogenes
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
Material examined.
Petro-UFS—4 (3 F, 1
OF
); size range: 4.79 ≤ CSL ≤
13.78 mm
; average: CSL = 8.52 ±
3.85 mm
;
CZUFS CRU-
00035. Penaeid—8 (5 M, 3 F); size range: 4.60 ≤ CSL ≤
18.64 mm
; average: CSL = 7.7 ±
4.50 mm
;
CZUFS CRU-
00259.
Stations.
Petro-UFS—12 and 18; Penaeid—2, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Distribution.
Western Atlantic—USA (from North Carolina to the Gulf of
Mexico
), Antilles,
Venezuela
, Suri- name,
Brazil
(from
Amapá
to
Rio Grande do Sul
), and
Uruguay
(
Melo 1999
).
Ecological notes.
From shallow waters to a depth of
130 m
.
On mud, shell, sand, and
Thalassia
bottoms (
Melo 1999
;
Almeida
et al.
2007
a
,
b
).
Remarks.
Mentioned by
Smith
(1869)
and
Moreira (1901)
as
Petrochirus granulatus
(
Almeida
et al.
2007
b
)
.
Santos
et al.
(2016)
collected specimens were downstream of the São Francisco River, at the border of
Alagoas
and
Sergipe
. Hermit crabs from Petro-UFS inhabiting shells of
Xenophora conchyliophora
(Born)
and
Turbinella laevigata
Anton.
Previous records in
Sergipe
.
Smith
(1869)
,
Coelho
et al.
(2007)
, as
P. granulatus
,
Santos
et al.
(2016)
.